Federal Court — IN
Southern District of Indiana
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Southern District of Indiana compiled from verified federal court records. Judge caseload counts, criminal docket fractions, and sentencing departure rates — never a prediction about a specific defendant.
Source: CourtListener × FJC IDB × USSC FY14-23 — generated May 5, 2026
District Aggregate
Total Dockets
140,906
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
25
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
9.5%
across district judges
Booker Inflection
—
mean downward departure
Criminal fraction = criminal dockets ÷ total dockets per judge, averaged across the district. Booker inflection = mean downward-departure rate for judges in this district per USSC FY14-23. Aggregate frequencies only — not a prediction about any specific case.
Top Judges by Docket Volume
Judges ranked by total indexed docket count. Criminal fraction reflects the share of their docket classified as criminal (vs. civil).
| Judge | Total Dockets | Criminal Dockets | Criminal Fraction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Young | 24,770 | 2,895 | 11.7% |
| Sarah Barker | 21,168 | 3,454 | 16.3% |
| Larry McKinney | 13,600 | 3,460 | 25.4% |
| John Tinder | 9,897 | 2,567 | 25.9% |
| Samuel Dillin | 8,653 | 1,015 | 11.7% |
| Tanya Pratt | 8,604 | 551 | 6.4% |
| Jane Magnus-Stinson | 8,356 | 1,266 | 15.2% |
| David Hamilton | 7,953 | 1,803 | 22.7% |
| Gene Brooks | 6,463 | 600 | 9.3% |
| William Lawrence | 6,281 | 1,310 | 20.9% |
Source: CourtListener × FJC IDB via mv_judge_docket_caseload. Counts reflect dockets indexed as of corpus build date.
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This is legal information, not legal advice. Aggregate data from verified public court records. Nothing here predicts a specific outcome.